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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dr Marie Tidball

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Dr Marie Tidball voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 270 different votes 274 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
78.2%
5% above average
Rank 238 of 649
1,906
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
582 eligible divisions
911
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
47.9% of votes cast
995
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
52.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
39
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 649
105
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£221,186
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£221,186
2% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API